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Texas Library Journal WINTER 2020 CONTENTS TEXAS LIBRARY JOURNALVolume 96, Number 4, Winter 2020 TLATLA 20212021 CONFERENCECONFERENCE Virtualedition! Emergency Waiver Governor’s Broadband Managing in Times of Regarding Accreditation Development Council COVID-19 Criteria Dr. Jill Biden Closing Session Speaker Join us online at Midwinter Virtual, January 22-26, 2021. Conference participants will gain access to a wealth of authors and new book titles; discover news and resources specific to the library community as we navigate through this time of change; and experience a sense of camaraderie when engaging with peers and leadership. Event Highlights include: • Symposium on the Future of Libraries and • Interactive author events News You Can Use sessions • Awards celebrations • An incredible roster of Featured Speakers • Networking opportunities • Knowledgeable experts in The Library • and more Marketplace: Exhibits, Stages & Resources Featured Speakers Secure your spot for this amazing conference. REGISTER TODAY Registration will close Friday, January 15, Noon Central 1 | Texas Library Journal WINTER 2020 CONTENTS TEXAS LIBRARY JOURNAL Published by the TEXAS LIBRARY ASSOCIATION Membership in TLA is open to any 4 individual or institution interested in Texas libraries. 4 President’s Perspective For advertising information, contact Christina Gola Kasey Hyde, TLA Vendor & Meeting Associate at: [email protected] 6 Editor’s Letter For editorial information, contact Wendy Woodland Wendy Woodland, TLA Director, Advocacy & Communications at: [email protected] Opinions expressed in Texas Library Journal are those of the authors and 7 are not necessarily endorsed by TLA. 27 7 Update from the Governor’s Broadband Development NewsNotes Journal Staff Council 27 Editor Eddy Smith 28 Continuing Education Wendy Woodland 10 Managing in Times of Assistant Editor COVID-19 Michele Chan Santos Michele Gorman Graphic Designer Joanna King 13 A Bridge Over Troubled Times: 29 Emergency Waiver Regarding Advertising Accreditation Criteria Kasey Hyde TLA 2021 CONFERENCE Gloria Meraz 30 Featured Speakers 15 The Pathway to Sound Recovery: Three Psychological 34 Programs by Topic Phases 44 Conference Committees Erika Marcoux 45 Exhibiting Companies 18 Flower Mound Public Library Expands to Better Serve SCHEDULE OF EVENTS Community Michele Chan Santos 47 Thursday, April 22 Friday, April 23 3355 Bee Cave Road, Suite 401 21 Making Space: Leveraging 55 Austin, Texas 78746-6763 Makerspaces as Tools for 62 Saturday, April 24 Equity and Access 512.328.1518 www.txla.org Education Sessions on Mariya Ortiz 67 Demand © Texas Library Association 23 One Voice: Strengthening our Texas Library Journal (ISSN 0040-4446) TLA Library Ecosystem is published quarterly in spring, summer, Dorcas Hand AD INDEX fall, and winter by the Texas Library 1 American Library Association Association, 3355 Bee Cave Road, Technology: How Much of 25 Brodart Suite 401, Austin, Texas 78746-6763. a Priority Are We Actually 71 Follett Subscription price: to members of TLA, Making It? 43 94 cents, included in annual dues; to 66 Launch nonmembers, $25 per year for domestic, Carrie Kopacz 5 Library Interiors $30 out-of-country. Single issues: $7. 46 University of North Texas 3 UT Press Texas Library Association | 2 From The Texas Bookshelf The Sports Revolution A Single Star and Big Wonderful Thing How Texas Changed the Bloody Knuckles A History of Texas Culture of American Athletics A History of Politics and BY STEPHEN HARRIGAN BY FRANK ANDRE GURIDY Race in Texas A tour de force by a New York The story of Texas’s impact on BY BILL MINUTAGLIO Times best-selling author and American sports culture during A new look at the last 150 years of master storyteller who captures the civil rights and second-wave Texas’s contentious political history, the rich history of a state that sits feminist movements, this book told decade by decade through at the center of the nation, yet offers a new understanding of the prism of the state’s famous, defiantly stands apart. sports and society in the state and infamous, and unsung figures. $35.00 hardcover the nation as a whole. $29.95 hardcover OCTOBER 2019 $29.95 hardcover MAY 2021 MARCH 2021 Recently Published university of texas press 3 | Texas Library Journal WINTER 2020 PRESIDENT’S PERSPECTIVE President’s Perspective By Christina Gola Throughout November, I publishing industry and our own cataloging standards, that enjoyed serving as a mentor continue to be barriers for diverse voices. I believe the program is a reflection of where we find ourselves in 2020 and emulates for the TALL Texans class of our tagline, Celebrate Differences, Empower Voices. 2020. Like everything else And just as importantly, it reveals the tremendous leadership this year, the TALL Texan capacity it has taken to get to this point in releasing the experience took place program. In October 2019, when we first began the program virtually. Those of you who planning process, the pandemic wasn’t in sight. We got off to are TALL Texan graduates a strong start with our tagline and goals, and we were ready to attend conference 2020. But in March the pandemic hit, may recall the concept upending our entire planning process for 2021. We grappled of a crucible leadership with the uncertainty of whether we would offer an in-person experience - an experience conference, we were challenged with developing a new in which a leader facing approach to program proofing with the loss of the in-person great adversity, steps up Annual Assembly, and we were impeded by technology issues to the challenge, leads and a process dependent on face-to-face interactions. Each time we felt we had figured out a viable path forward, a new through it, and emerges as road block popped up. But we still found a way! a stronger leader. Having attended the TALL Texan And in that process I witnessed leadership the way Institute as a participant in 2014, and as a mentor it is described in the textbooks—leaders persevering, in 2019, I have heard and reflected on this concept communicating honestly and openly, leaders expressing before. But this year, it carries new weight and optimism and empathy, leaders learning from failures and meaning, and I took the opportunity over the last course correcting - all in the pursuit of developing an amazing conference because you value the opportunity to come together few weeks to reflect on this. and collaborate. This has been a crucible leadership experience for TLA. Leaders, members, staff, processes, and everything This year, when discussing the concept of a crucible leadership about our conference will be forever changed and impacted experience, I realized that 2020 has probably required all of positively, allowing us to find new opportunities and grow as an us to face a crucible moment at some point. And I recognized organization, and as a profession. that I have personally observed numerous leaders across TLA As you browse the TLA 2021 program, I hope that you will lead us through crucible moments throughout the year. These not only revel in excitement about the content and register leaders, and the association, have emerged stronger and more for conference, but also take a moment to think about any resilient. There is no greater expression of this than the work crucible moments that this year has brought you, and reflect and leadership that has been required to develop the 2021 TLA in solidarity with those who have worked hard to bring this Annual Conference, bringing us to the milestone of releasing program to you. the program in this issue of the Texas Library Journal. And also, please share in a moment of gratitude for all As I reflect on all the effort that went into producing this those who have helped make the 2021 conference program program, I am honestly left in awe, and have increased my possible. Special thanks goes to the 2021 Program Committee appreciation for, and understanding of, what librarians, TLA and TLA staff for their resilience and commitment, and for members, and TLA staff are capable of. This program is a unit leaders and chairs for their contributions, patience, and symbol of leadership, fortitude, and unwavering commitment numerous expressions of support and empathy. Thank you to our communities and values. for helping to bring it all together, and for giving us something You can see this in the content of the program. It reveals our extremely exciting to look forward to. Thanks to you, we have innovation and resiliency in dealing with the pandemic and emerged stronger, together, because of this crucible leadership meeting patron needs in the face of adversity, our optimism for experience. building on what we have learned, and our belief that we are essential to the well-being of our society. It also recognizes our country’s continued struggles with social injustice and the need to continue to engage in difficult conversations about race and oppression, and forge new relationships and build bridges. It reflects the hard work that Christina H. Gola many of you are doing to challenge the structures, such as the [email protected] Texas Library Association | 4 LIBRARY INTERIORS OF TEXAS OFFERS A TURNKEY, COLLABORATIVE APROACH TO ALL ASPECTS OF FURNISHING YOUR LIBRARY WE STRIVE TO PROVIDE INTERIORS THAT WILL EXCEED YOUR EXPECTATIONS, AND WILL ALSO ADAPT TO MEET THE NEEDS OF TOMORROW’S EVER CHANGING LIBRARY. NEEDS ASSESSMENT • COLLECTION REVIEW • PROGRAMMING • INTERIOR DESIGN • PROJECT MANAGEMENT RE-FLOORING • SUPPLY, DELIVERY, & INSTALLATION OF SHELVING AND FURNITURE • LIBRARY MOVES 3503 Wild Cherry Drive, Building 4 - Lakeway, TX 78738 • www.li-tx.com • P: 888-689-5489 • 5 | Texas Library Journal WINTER 2020 EDITOR’S LETTER Ready or Not ... By Wendy Woodland ... 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